David Louis Edelman, a writer and web programmer, is the author of the Jump 225 trilogy (Infoquake, MultiReal and Geosynchron). He has been nominated for the John W. Campbell Awards for Best Novel and Best New Writer. Infoquake was named Barnes & Noble Explorations' Top SF Novel of 2006.

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1. Do the Blurbs Sell the Book?  •  May 17, 2008
   Do author blurbs, advance praise, and review snippets on a book's cover or first page actually sell more books? And if so, how and why?